Its about time someone attacked Australia

[struggle4progress]

By Dana Milbank
February 3 at 11:30 AM

... He has begun our long-overdue attack on Australia ... It was clear from accounts of the talk that Trump thinks Turnbull is almost as much of a basket case as the Mexican guy Trump yelled at the week before ...

... there are many times Australia did not put America First, including the summer Olympics in Rio, where the crooked Australian basketball team almost beat Team USA ...

... Vegemite — no, it’s too disgusting. And they have the most horrible animals. Their snakes are VICIOUS killers , and they have a bird-eating tarantula ...

Why go from a fully justified attack on Australia to the ayatollahs and then to Arnold and “The Apprentice”? Then the brilliance of Trump’s strategy came into focus: He is taking an alphabetical approach to Making America Safe Again. I know this as a fact because I used Trump’s own method of logical deduction: I think it, ergo it’s true ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/its-about-time-someone-attacked-australia-thank-you-president-trump/2017/02/03/6d34b33e-ea17-11e6-80c2-30e57e57e05d_story.html?utm_term=.e22901e7d19b

[dem4decades]

1. That's funny, sort of..........

[Hoyt]

2. Republicans & NRA have wanted to attack Australia since they enacted tough gun restrictions in 1996.

[Vigilantrobert]

3. Offended Aussie ???

I am an Australian. I don't think your post was meant to be taken seriously, at least, I hope not. I note that you wisely used Trump's apparent way of thinking to come to your conclusion & must applaud you for the outstanding effort. I am proud of our Prime Minister for remaining diplomatic & professional. I am also proud of him for staying staunch & not cow towing to Trump's bullying manner. Our 2 countries have a history of steadfast support going back a century. It would be terrible for Trump's foolish, ignorant & boorish ways to endanger our mutual respect. I have just heard that Trump has thanked our PM for his honesty regarding the "call". I am sure PM Turnbull will be able to stop biting his nails & be able to sleep again now that Trump has calmed down a bit. I guess it would have been too much to expect Trump to know the details of the agreement before criticizing it & try to belittle my MP over it. In closing, God save America. May it always remain the land of the free.

[Skittles]

4. welcome to DU, Viglantrobert

Mr. Milbank is making fun of Trump.

anyone defending that orange piece of SHIT Trump is just trying to save face - Trump is a fucking DISGRACE and most Americans DID NOT VOTE FOR HIM

check out this article
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/03/opinion/donald-the-menace.html?emc=edit_th_20170203&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=57435284&_r=0

[Aristus]

5. Welcome to DU!

Nobody here at DU thinks Trump is anything but a disaster for the United States. It's just sad and embarrassing that every other country (rightly) thinks he's a disaster, too...

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Milbank usually doesn't do satire

But this is pretty funny